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March 04, 2025
Tobacco Co. Settles Suit Over Use Of 'Juicy' Trademark
A tobacco accessories company has told an Arizona federal court that it has settled its suit against a Washington company that it alleged had infringed on its "Juicy" products trademark.
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March 04, 2025
Athletes 'Overwhelmingly' Support NCAA NIL Deal, Attys Say
The response by the class of college athletes to the NCAA's settlement providing name, image and likeness compensation and revenue sharing has been "overwhelmingly positive,'' the attorneys for the athletes told a California federal judge as part of their bid for final approval of the $2.78 billion settlement next month.
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March 04, 2025
Conn. Hospital Network Seeks Sanctions From Antitrust Class
Hartford HealthCare Corp. moved to sanction a proposed class of antitrust plaintiffs for asking a Connecticut judge to formally recognize a document exchange schedule privately agreed to by both sides, arguing that it should get attorney fees and costs for opposing the request.
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March 04, 2025
FERC Enforcement Case Is Constitutionally Valid, DOJ Says
The Trump administration has told a North Carolina federal judge that a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission market manipulation case against an energy-efficiency aggregator complies with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision curbing the enforcement authority of federal agencies.
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March 04, 2025
Soccer League Demands New Trial After $500M Antitrust Loss
The defunct North American Soccer League asked a Brooklyn federal judge for a new antitrust trial over its claims that Major League Soccer and the American soccer governing body conspired to sabotage it, saying that improper instructions led a jury to reject the suit last month.
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March 04, 2025
Chemours Says Competitor Framed Spat As Antitrust Affront
The Chemours Co. FC LLC urged a North Carolina judge to throw out a suit claiming the company and its distributor conspired to monopolize the market for HVAC refrigerants, calling the complaint a "transparent attempt to dress up a private business grievance as an antitrust complaint."
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March 04, 2025
Former Fried Frank Antitrust Partner Joins Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced it has hired a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP antitrust attorney as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice in New York.
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March 03, 2025
9th Circ. Rejects Redo Of Antitrust Case Against Zillow, NAR
The Ninth Circuit on Monday said it would not revive a defunct brokerage platform's case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of deception related to the online real estate company's website, saying there was no conspiracy in the way changes were made to how listings were displayed.
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March 03, 2025
Colo. Prospector Didn't Steal Anschutz Oil Secrets, Jury Told
A Colorado prospector told a Denver state jury on Monday that its $9 million sale of land next to Anschutz-owned oil and gas wells was not the result of stolen well production data, arguing Anschutz Exploration Corp. has no proof the prospector stole secret statistics.
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March 03, 2025
Full Fed. Circ. Won't Take On Teva's Orange Book Appeal
The Federal Circuit on Monday rejected a request for an en banc rehearing from Teva Pharmaceuticals challenging a panel decision finding that the company improperly listed its asthma inhaler patents on a key U.S. Food and Drug Administration database that lists patents for drugs.
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March 03, 2025
Apple Gets ICloud Monopoly Suit Tossed For Now
Apple has convinced a California federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of flouting federal antitrust laws by blocking third-party cloud storage services from accessing and storing certain files on its smartphones, at least temporarily.
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March 03, 2025
American Asks Justices To Mull Bid To Revive JetBlue Pact
American Airlines has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the First Circuit flouted basic antitrust principles when it invalidated the carrier's codeshare agreement with JetBlue in Boston and New York, a decision that "threatens to wreak havoc on productive collaborations of all shapes and sizes."
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March 03, 2025
Credit Bureaus Look To Duck Renewed Medical Debt Claims
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion asked a California federal judge Monday to toss an updated case accusing the credit reporting agencies of violating antitrust law by agreeing to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports.
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March 03, 2025
Sandoz Settles Florida's Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims
Sandoz AG reached a settlement with Florida that ends federal antitrust claims the Sunshine State lodged against the drugmaker within wider litigation claiming numerous pharmaceutical companies and individuals participated in a conspiracy to fix generic drug prices, according to a Friday court filing.
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March 03, 2025
Teva Should Face Key Copaxone Antitrust Claims, Court Told
Mylan and pharmaceutical wholesalers should be allowed to proceed with some, but not all, parallel claims accusing Teva of using regulatory deception, false advertising, improper rebates and more to delay generic competition to its Copaxone multiple sclerosis treatment, a special master has recommended in New Jersey federal court.
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March 03, 2025
Tobacco, Cannabis Cos. Score Partial Wins In TM Fight
An Arizona federal court judge has issued a mixed ruling on dueling summary judgment bids in a trademark lawsuit over a tobacco company and a cannabis company's shared use of the word "Raw" in branding.
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March 03, 2025
Texas High Court Told Telecom Law Clears State Constitution
Texas is hoping its highest court will overturn a ruling that found the state violated its own constitutional rules about gift-giving by capping the amount cities can charge telecoms for using their rights-of-way to such a degree that they were basically forced to give away public money.
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March 03, 2025
DOJ Opposes Anthropic's Amicus Bid In Google Search Case
The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a D.C. federal judge to keep Anthropic PBC out of the remedies phase of its search antitrust case against Google, arguing that the artificial intelligence company is trying to backdoor its way to intervenor privileges through an amicus curiae request.
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March 03, 2025
Sutter Settles Years-Old Antitrust Suit On Courthouse Steps
Attorneys for a class of millions of health insurance premium payors announced an eleventh hour deal staving off a new antitrust trial Monday in California federal court over claims that hospital chain Sutter Health drives up costs by pushing all-or-nothing network deals on insurers.
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March 03, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
Japan's Nippon Steel is challenging a decision blocking its $14.9 billion merger with U.S. Steel Corp. on national security grounds, as door manufacturer Jeld-Wen continues fighting a landmark order forcing it to sell a Pennsylvania factory and the Justice Department pushes cases targeting mergers in the home health, networking and corporate travel spaces.
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March 03, 2025
Ga. Baseball Player Chases Eligibility, Seeks Judge Recusal
A University of Georgia baseball player fighting to secure another year of eligibility has asked a federal judge to reconsider his denial of the request and to also recuse himself, alleging the judge failed to disclose himself as an official of the NCAA.
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March 03, 2025
Bulk Mail Buyers Seek Go Ahead For £878M Royal Mail Claim
A representative for potentially 290,000 retail businesses asked Britain's competition tribunal on Monday to certify a £878.5 million ($1.1 billion) class action against the owner of Royal Mail for abusing its dominant position in the bulk mail market.
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February 28, 2025
Align Tech Deal Directs Buyers To A Monopolist, Judge Says
A California federal judge has soundly rejected Align Technologies Inc.'s proposed $27.5 million antitrust settlement with teeth-aligner buyers, slamming Align as a monopolist and saying that the deal "will direct still more customers to the monopolist."
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February 28, 2025
T-Mobile Touts Broadband Benefits Of US Cellular Deal
T-Mobile continues to make its case to the Federal Communications Commission in the hopes of earning the agency's blessing on the mobile behemoth's $4.4 billion plan to pick up rival UScellular's wireless business since it holds the key to the transfer of all the latter company's licenses.
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February 28, 2025
Trump Admin Cuts Raise Trade Secret Security Concerns
As the Trump administration reduces the size of the federal government, intellectual property attorneys are expressing concerns about the continued safeguarding of trade secrets that companies are required to disclose to certain agencies.
Expert Analysis
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4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment
For companies facing litigation influenced by government regulatory action — a recent trend that a politically charged atmosphere will exacerbate — there are a few principles that can help to align litigation strategy with broader public positioning in the regulatory and oversight context, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
The allegations in Albertsons' lawsuit against Kroger following the grocery stores' blocked merger demonstrate how a target company can best ensure that a buyer timely and effectively complies with its obligations to pursue the necessary regulatory approvals for a deal, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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How Views On Healthcare Price Transparency Are Changing
Regulators' attitudes toward price transparency regulation have shifted over the past several years in ways that may seem contradictory, and research into detailed rate information published by hospitals and health plans has yielded mixed results, says Matthew List at Charles River Associates.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024
A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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What BT Ruling Will Mean For UK Class Actions
The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s recent dismissal of a £1.3 billion mass consumer claim against BT, the first trial decision for a U.K. collective action, reminds claimants and funders of the high bar for establishing an abuse, and provides valuable insight into how pending mass consumer cases may be resolved, say lawyers at Ashurst.
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Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution
Investors should be leery of who and what they are investing in now that the federal outbound investment regime, effective Jan. 2, has extended the governement's regulatory reach to businesses and parties not previously subject to trade restrictions, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry.
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5 Factors From Biden's Final Worker Antitrust Guidelines
The recent Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice's joint antitrust guidelines for business activities affecting workers cap a flurry of final announcements from the Biden administration, but it's unclear whether the agencies will maintain their support for these measures in the Trump administration, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Calif. Cannabis Decision Deepens Commerce Clause Divide
In Peridot Tree v. Sacramento, the Eastern District of California joined a growing minority of courts that have found the dormant commerce clause inapplicable to state-regulated marijuana, and the Ninth Circuit will soon provide important guidance on this issue, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump
President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Private-Bidding Compliance Lessons From Siemens Plea Deal
Siemens Energy’s recent wire fraud conspiracy guilty plea shows that U.S. prosecutors are willing and able to police the private, domestic bidding market to protect the integrity of the competitive marketplace, and companies will need a robust compliance program to mitigate these risks, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.